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Where to find American Kestrel in December
within 25 miles of Santa Barbara County, CA, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including American Kestrel in December. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Point Sal Trail 10.6 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
2 Huasna Road 19.5 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
3 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
4 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
5 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
6 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
7 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
8 Jalama Road 23.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
9 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
10 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
11 Renwick Avenue 13.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
12 A St. ponds 5.9 24 61 39.3% 28.1%
13 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
14 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
15 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 45 143 31.5% 24.4%
16 Lopez Lake 23.9 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
17 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Boathouse 21.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
23 Biddle County Park 23.3 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
24 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
25 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
26 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
27 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
28 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
29 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
30 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
31 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
32 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
33 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
34 Pismo Preserve 24.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
35 Black Road pasture 6.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
36 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 26 170 15.3% 10.7%
37 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
38 Pioneer Park 2.7 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
39 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 11 66 16.7% 9.6%
40 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
41 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access) 17.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
44 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 8 47 17.0% 8.9%
45 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
46 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
47 Barka Slough 5.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
48 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
49 Punchbowl Pond (restricted access) 6.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
50 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
51 Surf Beach 13.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
52 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
53 Preisker Park 9.7 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
54 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
55 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
56 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
57 Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access) 6.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
58 Birabent Canyon 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
59 Maramonte Park 4.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
60 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
61 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
62 Los Alamos Park 12.6 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
63 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
64 Miguelito County Park 17.4 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
65 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
66 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
67 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
68 Waller Park 4.2 5 152 3.3% 1.4%
69 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
70 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
71 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
72 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
73 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
74 Oceano County Park 20.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
75 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 2 111 1.8% 0.5%
76 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 1 55 1.8% 0.3%